‘Freedom of speech does not apply to foreigners’

The US government does not think Julian Assange is entitled to protection under the First Amendment, the Old Bailey heard today. Washington DC-based attorney Eric Lewis told Assange’s extradition hearing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the right to freedom of speech does not apply to ‘foreigners’. He told the court Assange would likely be kept in solitary confinement for decades in a high-security prison if he is convicted. The Wikileaks founder, 49, is wanted in the US for…